The film is being directed by Tom Harper (War & Peace) from a script by Jack Thorne (How I Live Now), and would see Redmayne and Jones as “balloon pilot Amelia Wren and scientist James Glaisher who, in 1862, embarked on an extraordinary journey to discover the secrets of the heavens. In the process, they flew higher in an open balloon than anyone had before or has since. They made breathtaking discoveries, but as they ascended to the highest points of the atmosphere, they were forced into an epic fight for survival.”

Looks like “Star Wars: Episode IX” is getting a fresh pair of eyes. The Hollywood Reporter reports that rising British screenwriter Jack Thorne will be contributing rewrites to the script of the upcoming ninth installment of the beloved franchise. While Thorne is a relatively new name in Hollywood, he’s already having a big year: his “Wonder” will arrive on November 17.

As THR notes, “Trevorrow and his writing partner, Derek Connolly, have been working on the script, but sources say a fresh set of eyes was needed. It is unclear how extensive the rewrites will be.” THR is also quick to note that, despite previous reports, the script for “Episode IX” is not based on a treatment from filmmaker Rian Johnson, who wrote and directed the upcoming “Star Wars: The Last Jedi.

“In a Better World” director Susanne Bier was originally linked to “Mary Queen of Scots.” She spoke to Women and Hollywood in 2014 about the project and her collaboration with Skinner. “Mary was very young when she became queen. Basically, she was queen from age five, but she became a real queen when she was 17,” Bier told us. “And we wanted to have that because part of the excitement is to have that young girl have the power of a queen. That was so exciting.”

Robbie has a number of projects on her plate. She stars in “I, Tonya,” a biopic a comedy about controversial Olympic figure skater Tonya Harding currently in post-production. Among Robbie’s other upcoming films are “Marian,” a new iteration of Robin Hood folklore, a spinoff for her “Suicide Squad” character Harley Quinn and other female villains of the DC Comics universe, “Queen of the Air,” in which she’ll play a trapeze artist, and “Beautiful Things,” a thriller set in a zoo.

Ronan is also plenty busy. The Oscar-nominated actress has roles in Greta Gerwig’s solo directorial debut “Lady Bird” and an adaptation of Ian McEwan’s “On Chesil Beach.” The “Atonement” actress is also set to play a refugee in a big screen adaptation of Camilla Gibb’s best-selling 2007 novel “Sweetness in the Belly.”

The Rising Star Award is designed to honour actors and actresses who have shown truly outstanding talent on the big screen in the past year and captured the attention of both the public and the film industry and is the only award to be decided by a public vote.

Laia Costa starred in Sebastian Schipper’s critically-acclaimed Victoria, a film which was almost entirely improvised by the actors and shot in one single take – in turn landing her a series of awards wins. Prior to this, she played the lead role of Lucià in the Russian film Fort Ross, directed by Russian director Yuriy Moroz, and also starred in Palm Trees in the Snow. Costa has

The nominations have just been announced from BAFTA HQ are in the running for the 2017 spot are all listed below. It’s going to be very interesting to see who takes the win this year with the likes of Tom Holland as Spider-Man being so mainstream and Anya Taylor-Joy appearing in the likes of The Witch.

Since its inception in 1991, Germany’s Filmakademie Baden-Wuerttemberg has not only become a leading international film school but is also home to the country’s renowned Institute of Animation, Visual Effects and Digital Post-production.

Diversity and learning by doing have been key factors in making the Filmakademie one of Germany’s premiere film schools since its foundation by Albrecht Ade in 1991, according to Managing Director Thomas Schadt. The Filmakademie encourages its students to work and create together and its track record

This sci-fi fantasy, from the first book in Rick Yancey’s ongoing Ya series, mimics the riffs (feisty heroine, hunky boys, dystopian setting, devious adult corporations, potential love triangles etc) but lacks the cinematic legs of The Hunger Games or The Maze Runner. Chloë Grace Moretz is the likable teenager who finds herself fighting a guerrilla war when space invaders (“we call them ‘others’”) terrorise the planet and the army starts rounding up kids to fight in an ugly war. The British director J Blakeson, who worked low-budget wonders on The Disappearance of Alice Creed, handles the shifts and twists of the plot efficiently enough, but the result remains lumpen and crucially lacking in surprise.

Ronan is playing a high-school senior in the film set in Sacramento. Gerwig will direct from her own script. Iac Films is financing “Lady Bird” with Scott Rudin, Eli Bush and Evelyn O’Neill producing.

The 21-year-old Ronan just receiving an Academy Award best actress nomination. She also nabbed Golden Globe, BAFTA and SAG nods for “Brooklyn,” in which she portrays a young Irish woman who emigrates to New York City in the early 1950s. She also received an Oscar nom for best supporting actress for the 2007 drama “Atonement.”

"The past hates trespassers" in the new teaser trailer for Stephen King and J.J. Abrams' 11.22.63 event series, premiering February 15th on Hulu.

"Based upon the best-selling 2011 novel written by King and published by Scribner, 11/22/63 is a thriller in which high school English teacher Jake Epping travels back in time to prevent the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. But his mission is threatened by Lee Harvey Oswald, his falling in love and the past itself … which doesn’t want to be changed.

"I'm gonna tell you something that's gonna seem crazy." Readers followed time traveling English teacher Jake Epping back to the ’60s in Stephen King's novel 11/22/63, and soon they'll witness his cautionary adventure on the small screen in Hulu's event series adaption of King's work. Ahead of its February 15th debut, the upcoming series is glimpsed in its first teaser trailer.

We're less than four months away from the February premiere of Hulu's event series adaptation of Stephen King's 11/22/63, and a new photo unveiled by EW offers fans their first look at James Franco as time traveling English teacher Jake Epping.

EW's first photo of Franco in 11/22/63 gives a glimpse into the event series that will follow an English teacher who attempts to stop President John F. Kennedy from being killed on that fateful day in Dallas over fifty years ago. The nine-hour event series premieres February 15th on Hulu.

When Captain America: Civil War hits theaters next May, the world will be introduced to a new Spider-Man, played by 19-year-old Tom Holland. We haven't heard anything from the actor since he was cast as the new Peter Parker in June, but he spoke to Hey U Guys during a red carpet premiere in London. When one interviewer noticed a gash on his nose, the actor revealed he had an accident on the Captain America: Civil War set, just before his last shot.

"No, no violence. It was my own mistake. I basically fell over and bashed my face in front of about two hundred crew members, so not my most heroic moment! It was luckily just before my last shot; they were like, 'Roll cameras!', I was getting into position, everything went wrong, and they still did the take anyway. It looks great and they'll probably just CGI out all the blood,

Amid whispers of a second Oscar nomination, Saoirse Ronan brought Brooklyn to the BFI London Film Festival last night, and with it a touch of mid-century glitz. Adapted from Colm Tóibín’s 2009 bestseller, the ‘50s-set transatlantic romance is a lavish tearjerker that attracted support from Jim Broadbent, Domhnall Gleeson and a scene-stealing Julie Walters.Her first lead role since 2013’s How I Live Now sees Ronan lead its stellar lineup as Eilis, who ups sticks and boards a ship to New York having struggled to find work at home in rural Ireland. Despite sunny job prospects and a friendly new home at the heart of Brooklyn’s Irish community, adjusting to life in the States proves tough. Still, before long Eilis has a promising career and a blossoming relationship – until tragedy strikes back home, leaving her torn between her two lives. Following an impressively genre-spanning career so far, what drew

For every success story like Colin Trevorrow and his billion dollar breaking transition from "Safety Not Guaranteed" to "Jurassic World," there are countless others who couldn't quite make the indie leap. Sometimes it's the scale of the project that's overwhelming or the machinations of studio politics that does them in, but it's not an easy journey to make. However, Matt Sobel is going to give it a try. Read More: Sundance Review: 'Take Me To The River’ Features Solid Performances In A Genuinely Peculiar Film The indie director who made his feature debut with "Take Me To The River," which premiered at Sundance earlier this year, has been tapped to helm the adaptation of Maggie Stiefvater’s Ya bestseller, "The Scorpio Races." The project has some heavy talent behind it with Seth Grahame-Smith and David Katzenberg producing, and Jack Thorne ("How I Live Now," "This Is England," "Skins") penning.

Fresh off a tremendous run at Sundance where it scooped both the Grand Jury Prize and the Audience Award, Me, Earl And The Dying Girl manages to triumph where movies like How I Live Now and The Fault In Our Stars flounder. It's the story of Greg and Earl, best friends and socially awkward teenagers who just want to skate through school under the radar, while indulging in their passion for making home movies. Their lives get thrown upside down though when Greg befriends Rachel, a girl dealing with leukemia and the two friends find themselves putting together a movie just for her, hopefully before Rachel runs out of time. What separates this from other recent films that deal with themes of adolescence and death is that Me, Earl And The Dying Girl keeps the focus on the three leads and how they each deal with life. Its a marvellous and quirky story,

Earlier this week, an image surfaced that reportedly features our first look at Tom Holland as Spider-Man, which will be featured as a part of Disney's D23 Convention this weekend in Anaheim. The authenticity of this photo has yet to be verified, and we'll find out soon enough when the convention gets started. Until then, Tom Holland himself has posted two videos that don't feature the actor in his Spider-Man suit, but do display some of the skills he very well may be using in the Spider-Man reboot.

Holland posted these videos to his Instagram page, which were taken on his family vacation. The first video showcases his impressive rock-climbing skills, which will surely come in handy as Peter Parker. The second features the actor pulling off a huge leap into water. The young actor only has a handful of film and TV credits to his name, and, impressive as they may be (The Impossible,

Broadbent will play divorced retiree Tony Webster, who learns that the mother of his university girlfriend, Veronica, left in her will a diary kept by his best friend who dated Veronica after she and Tony parted ways.

Tony’s quest to recover the diary, now in Veronica’s possession, forces him to revisit his flawed recollections of his friends and of his younger self.

Playwright Nick Payne wrote the screenplay, which was adapted from the 2011 Man Booker Prize-winning novel by Julian Barnes. The film is directed by Ritesh Batra, who helmed BAFTA-nominated “The Lunchbox.” It starts to shoot on Aug. 16. Shooting takes place over seven weeks on location in London and Bristol.

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